World Victory Road’s year-end event is in the books, and a new champion had been crowned and a grand-prix winner determined.

In the main event of today’s overseas show, Hatsu Hioki outworked champion Marlon Sandro to become the new Sengoku featherweight champion.

Additionally, Keita Nakamura jumped out to a quick lead and ultimately scored a second-round submission victory over Yasubey Enomoto to win the season-long Sengoku welterweight grand prix.

The event, which was an all-day martial-arts festival that included kickboxing and grappling matches, took place at Ariake Coliseum in Toyko. HDNet is expected to air highlights from the event in the U.S. in the coming weeks.

In the headliner, Hioki (23-4-2 MMA, 5-1 SRC) avoided his opponent’s wild striking, struck from range, and capitalized when Sandro (17-2 MMA, 5-2 SRC) slowed in the second half of the five-rounder. A ground-and-pound assault in the third, triangle choke in the fourth, and kimura/armbar attempts in the fifth nearly sealed the deal, but Sandro survived, and Hioki instead settled for a unanimous-decision victory.

Nakamura (21-4-2, 3-0 SRC), meanwhile, scored a quick knockdown in the first, and though he initially survived, Enomoto (6-2 MMA, 3-1 SRC) again was taken to the mat in the second round. During a scramble, Nakamura took his back, locked in his hooks, and then secured his ninth career win via rear-naked choke.

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